I think Marvel made a huge rod for their own backs by tying everything together into one connected universe. It’s so complicated and there’s too many things to keep up with. I stopped watching after Endgame.
You’re right about the multiverse thing too. Suddenly it’s just a story trope not an interesting way to think.
I saw The Marvels with my daughter and some references didn’t make sense to me. The film was okay as a spectacle and explody, punchy ride but the plot was nonsense and everyone seemed indestructible until they needed to lose a fight. When all the main characters can somehow breathe in space and fly through suns, where’s the tension?
I looked forward to seeing EEAAO since I saw the trailer. When I finally sat down to watch it, I was offended at how over the top and absurd the whole thing was. I guess I have aged out of some genres. One of the best comments from an article blasting the flick that I entirely agree with: "This movie left me feeling angry for days. It's like something written by a 12 year old who had just discovered edginess. We've completely forgotten how to construct and tell proper stories now, instead we make movies that are little more than a series of vignettes for a Tiktok compilation. Everyone defending this appalling mess as a critique of something or the other is forgetting one simple thing : a movie needs to be a movie first, THEN it can critique. But EEAO totally fails as a movie - it's all message, no story. We've reached a weird period where people have forgotten how to make art, instead all they want is to be represented and have their cause yelled into the audience."
When Wasp finds out about Kang in the last Ant-man she loses her mind and we’re supposed to immediately and completely emphasize with her, even though that means trying to imagine infinite lives never exisiting and stuff. I almost started rooting for Kang at that point.
I think Marvel made a huge rod for their own backs by tying everything together into one connected universe. It’s so complicated and there’s too many things to keep up with. I stopped watching after Endgame.
You’re right about the multiverse thing too. Suddenly it’s just a story trope not an interesting way to think.
I saw The Marvels with my daughter and some references didn’t make sense to me. The film was okay as a spectacle and explody, punchy ride but the plot was nonsense and everyone seemed indestructible until they needed to lose a fight. When all the main characters can somehow breathe in space and fly through suns, where’s the tension?
I looked forward to seeing EEAAO since I saw the trailer. When I finally sat down to watch it, I was offended at how over the top and absurd the whole thing was. I guess I have aged out of some genres. One of the best comments from an article blasting the flick that I entirely agree with: "This movie left me feeling angry for days. It's like something written by a 12 year old who had just discovered edginess. We've completely forgotten how to construct and tell proper stories now, instead we make movies that are little more than a series of vignettes for a Tiktok compilation. Everyone defending this appalling mess as a critique of something or the other is forgetting one simple thing : a movie needs to be a movie first, THEN it can critique. But EEAO totally fails as a movie - it's all message, no story. We've reached a weird period where people have forgotten how to make art, instead all they want is to be represented and have their cause yelled into the audience."
When Wasp finds out about Kang in the last Ant-man she loses her mind and we’re supposed to immediately and completely emphasize with her, even though that means trying to imagine infinite lives never exisiting and stuff. I almost started rooting for Kang at that point.